WOSTAS is the first module in a Multi-Man-Machine Work Area Design and Evaluation System - MAWADES. WOSTAS is an interactive program aimed at grouping and/or subdividing crew activities in such a way that all job stations have a fairly equal amount of work in terms of the time to perform the tasks. Being a network based model, WOSTAS accepts mission oriented task requirements, and generates suggested total number of workstations and the tasks to be carried out at each station.
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